THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1916.
PRESIDENT COUNTS
ON GONGRESSTQ AID
Programme of Legislation Is
Outlined and Story of
ii.. Negotiations Told. ,
8-HOUR DAY MADE BASIS
Mr. Wilson Says He Based Counsel
on Indisputable Fact That No
Means of Obtaining Arbi-
i
1 t ration Is Supplied.
"WASHINGTON. Aug. 29. The text of
President Wilson's message to Congress
on the railroad strike situation is:
"Gentlemen of the Congress I have
come to you to seek your assistance in
dealing with a very grave situation
which has arisen out of the demand of
the employes of the railroads engaged
in freight train service that they be
granted an eight-hour working day,
safeguarded by payment for an hour
and a half of service for every hour of
work beyond the eight.
"Just so soon as it became evident
that mediation under the existing law
had failed and that arbitration had
been rendered impossible by the atti
tude of the men, I considered it my
duty to confer with the representatives
of both the railways and the brother
hoods and myself offer mediation, not
as an arbitrator, but merely as spokes
man of the Nation, in the interest of
the Nation, in the interest of Justice,
Indeed, and as a friend of both parties,
bpt not as a Judge, only as the repre
sentative of 100,000,000 men, women
and children who would pay. the price,
the incalculable price of loss and suf
fering, should these few men insist upon
approaching and concluding the mat
ters in controversy between them mere
ly as employers and employes, rather
than as patriotic citizens of the United
States looking before and after and
accepting the larger responsibility
which the publlo would put upon them.
Eight-Hoar Day Proposed.
"It seemed to me. in considering the
subject matter of the controversy, that
the whole Bpfrit of the time and the
preponderant evidence of recent eco
nomic experience spoke for the eight
hour day. It has been adjudged by the
thought and experience of recent years
a' thing upon which society is Justified
In insisting as in the interest of health,
efficiency, contentment and a general
increase of economic vigor. The whole
presumption of modern experience
would, it seemed to me. be in its favor,
whether there was arbitration or not,
and the debatable point to settle were
those which arose out of Oxe acceptance
or the eight-hour day. rather than those
which affected its establishment.
"I therefore proposed that the eight
hour day be adopted by the railway
managements and put into practice for
the present as a substitute for the ex
isting ten-hour basis of pay and serv
ice: that I should appoint, wit.h the
"permission of the Congress, asmall.
commission to observe the results of
the change, carefully studying not only
the figures of the altered operating
costs, but also the conditions of labor
under which the men worked and the
operations of their existing agreements
with the railroads, with instruction to
report the facts as they found them to
the Congress at the earliest possible
day, but without recommendation; and
that after the facts had been thus dis
closed an adjustment should in some
orderly manner be sought of all the
matters now left unadjusted between
the railroad managers and the men.
Supreme Court Decision Cited.
"These proposals were exactly in line,
It is interesting to note, with the posi
tion taken by the Supreme Court of
the United States when appealed to to
protect certain litigants from the
financial losses which they confidently
expected if they should submit to the
regulation of their charges and of their
methods of service by public legisla
tion. The .court has held that it would
not undertake to form a Judgment upon
forecasts, but could base its action only
upon actual experience; that it must
be supplied with facts, not with calcula
tions and opinions, however scientifi
cally attempted. To undertake to arbi
trate the question of the adoption of
an eight-hour day in the light of
results merely estimated and predicted
would be to undertake an enterprise of
conjecture. No wise man could under
take it, or, if he did. undertake It.
could feel assured of his conclusions.
"I unhesitatingly offered the friend
ly services of the Administration to
the railway managers to see to it that
justice was done the railroads in the
outcome. I felt warranted in assuring
them do obstacle of law would be suf
fered to stand in the way of their
increasing their revenues to meet the
expenses resulting from the change so
far as the development of their busi
ness and of their administrative effi
ciency did not prove adequate to meet
them. The public and the representa
tives of the public, I felt Justified in
assuring them, were disposed to nothing
but justice in such cases.and were will
ing to serve those who served them.
Men Accept. Railroads Reject.
"The representatives of the brother
hoods accepted the plan, but the rep
resentatives of the railroads declined
to accept it. In the face of what I
cannot but regard as the practical cer
tainty that they will be ultimately
oblgrel to accept the eight-hour day
bv the concerted action of organized
iabor, backed by the favorable judg
ment or society, the representatives
of the railway managements have felt
justified in declining a peaceful - set
tlement which would engage all the
forces of justice, public and private, on
their side to take care of the event.
They fear the hostile influence of ship
pers who would be opposed to an In
crease of freight rates (for which, how
ever, of course, the public itself would
pay); they apparently feel no con
' fidence that the Interstate Commerce
Commission could withstand the objec
tions that would be made. They do not
care to- rely upon the friendly assur
Knees of the Congress or the Presi
dent. They have thought it best that
they should be forced to yield, if they
must yield, not by counsel, but by the
Buffering of the country.
"While my conferences with them
were in progress, and when to all out
ward appearance those conferences had
come to a standstill, the representa
tives of the brotherhoods suddenly
acted and set the strike for Septem
ber 4.
Stand for Arbitration Futile.
"The railway managers based their
decision to reject my counsel in this
matter upon their conviction that they
must at any cost to themselves or to
the country stand firm for the prin
ciple of arbitration which the men had
rejected. I based my counsel upon the
indisputable fact that there was no
means of- obtaining arbitration. The
law supplied none; earnest efforts at
mediation had failed to influence the
men in the least. To stand firm for the
principle of arbitration and yet not get
arbitration seemed to me futile and
something more than futile, because it
involved incalculable . distress to the
country - and consequences in some
POINTS IN PRESIDENT'S STRIKE SITUATION ADDRESS.
"It seemed to me, in considering the subject matter of the contro
versy, that the whole spirit of the time and the preponderant evidence
of recent economic experience spoke for the eight-hour day. ...
The whole presumption of modern experience would, it seemed to me,
be in its favor, whether there was arbitration or not."
"I unhesitatingly offered the friendly services of the Administra
tion to the railway managers to see to it that justice was done the
railroads in the outcome. I felt warranted in assuring them no
obstacle of law .would be suffered to stand in the way of their in
creasing their revenues to meet the expenses resulting from the
change." -
"They (the -railroads) fear the hostile influence of shippers who
would be opposed to an increase of freight rates (for which, however,
of course, the public itself would pay) ; they apparently feel no con
fidence that the Interstate Commerce Commission could withstand the
objections that would be made. They do not care to rely upon the
friendly assurances of the Congress or the President. They have
thought it best that they should be forced to yield, if they must yield,
not by counsel, but by the suffering of the country."
"I yield to no man in firm adherence, alike of conviction and of
purpose, to the principle of arbitration in industrial disputes; but
matters have come to a sudden crisis in this particular dispute and the
country has been caught unprovided with any practicable means of
enforcing that conviction in practice, by whose fault we will not now
stop to inquire."
"I was seeking to compose the present in order to safeguard the
future; for I wished an atmosphere of peace and friendly co-operation
in which to take counsel with the representatives of the Nation with
regard to the best means for providing . . . against the recur
rence of such unhappy situations in the future."
The President's legislative proposals are in substance as follows:
1. Immediate enlargement and administrative reorganization of
the Interstate Commerce Commission in order that the Commission
may be able to deal with the many great and various duties now
devolving upon it with a promptness and thoroughness which are
with its present means of action practically'impossible.
2. Eight-hour day as legal basis of work and wages of trainmen
engaged in interstate transportation.
3. Appointment by the President of a Email body of men to
observe the actual results in experience of the adoption of the eight
hour day in railway transportation with the provision that the investi
gators shall report their conclusions to the Congress at the earliest
possible date but without recommendation, that the public may learn
from an unprejudiced source what actual developments have ensued.
4. Power to be granted to Interstate Commerce Commission to
consider wage expenditures in fixing freight rates.
5. Provision that full public investigation of the merits of every
such dispute shall be instituted and completed before a strike or lock
out may lawfully be attempted.
6. Power to be given President to operate roads and draft train
"crews in event of military necessity.
In conclusion, the President says that arbitral awards should be
made record of court of law, in order that enforcement may lie with
an "imperative and authoritative tribunal."
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respects worse than those of war, and
that in the midst of peace.
"I yield to no man in firm adherence,
alike of conviction and of purpose, to
the principle of arbitration in indus
trial disputes; but matters have come
to a sudden crisis in this particular
dispute and the country has been
caught unprovided with any practicable
means of enforcing that conviction in
practice (by whose fault we will not
now stop to inquire). A situation had
to be met whose elements and fixed
conditions were indisputable. The
practical and patriotic course to pur
sue, as it seemed to me. was to secure
Immediate peace by conceding: the one
thing- in the demands of the men which
society itself and any arbitrators who
represented public sentiment were most
likely to approve and immediately lay
the "foundations for securing arbitra
tion with regard to everything else in
volved. Safeguard for Future Desired.
"The event has confirmed that judg
ment. I was seeking to compose the
present in order to safeguard the fu
ture; for I wished an atmosphere of
peace and friendly co-operation in
which to take counsel with the repre
sentatives of the Nation with regard
to the best means for providing jso far
as it might prove possible to provide
against the recurrence of such unhappy
situations in the future the Desi ana ,
most practicable means of securing
calm and fair arbitration of all indus
trial disputes in the days to come.
"This is assuredly the best way of
vindicating a principle, namely, having
failed to make certain of its observance
in the present, to make certain of its
observance in the future. But I could
only propose. I could not govern the
will of others who took an entirely
different view of the circumstances of
the case, who even refused to admit the
circumstances to be what they have
turned out to be.
"Having failed to bring the parties to
this critical controversy to a conclu
sion, therefore I turn to you. deeming
it clearly our duty as public servants
to leave nothing undone that we can
do to safeguard the life and interest
of the Nation. In the spirit of such
a purpose, I earnestly recommend the
following legislation:
"First Immediate provision for the
enlargement and administrative reor
ganization of the Interstate Commerce
Commission along the lines embodied
in the hill recently passed by the
House of Representatives and now
awaiting action by the Senate, in order
that the Commission may be able to
deal with the many great and various
duties now devolving upon it with a
promptness and thoroughness which
are. with its present constitution and
means of action, practically impossible.
Legal 8-Hour Bull Proposed.
"Second The establishment of an' 8-
hour day as the legal basis alike of
work and of wages in the employment
of all railway employes who are ac
tually engaged In the work of operat
ing trains in interstate transporta
tion. "Third The authorization of the ap
pointment by the President of a small
body of men to observe the actual re
sults in experience of the adoption of
the eight-hour day in railway trans
portation alike for the men and for the
railroads; its effect in the matter of
operating costs, in the application of
the existing practices and agreements
to tire new conditions and in all other
practical aspects, with the provision
that the investigators ihall report their
conclusions to the Congress at the ear
liest possible date, but without recom
mendation as to legislative action, in
order that the public may learn from
an unprejudiced source just what ac
tual developments have ensued.
"Fourth Explicit approval by the
Congress of the consideration by the
Interstate Commerce Commission of an
increase of freight rates to meet such
additional expenditures by the rail
roads as may have been rendered nec
essary by the adoption of the eight
hour day, and which have not been
offset by administrative readjustments
and economies, should the facts dis
closed justify the increase.
Pcblic Investigation Suggested.
"Fifth An amendment of the exist
ing Federal statute which provides for
the mediation, conciliation and arbitra
tion of such controversies as the pres
ent by adding to it a provision that, in
case the methods of arbitration now
provided for should fail, a full public
investigation of the merits of every
such dispute shall be instituted and
completed before a strike or lockout
may lawfully be attempted.
"And, sixth, the lodgment in the
hands of the executive of the power,
in case of military necessity, to take
control of such portions and such roll
ing stock of the railways of the coun
try as may be required for military
use and to operate them for military
purposes, with authority to draft into
the military service of the United
States such train crews and adminis
trative officials as the circumstances
require for their safe and efficient use.
"This last suggestion I make because
we cannot in any circumstance suffer
the Nation to be hampered in the essen-
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MEN FEAR BONDAGE
Compulsory Inquiry Is Held
Step Toward Slavery.
OPPOSITION IS EXPLAINED
Brotherhoods In Formal Statement
Say Period of Investigation Is
"Utilized by Employer to
Intrench Himself."
"WASHINGTON, Aug. 28. The rail
way brotherhood heads, Garretson,
Stone, Lee and Carter, issued the fol
lowing statement today explaining
their opposition to any legislation
along the plan of the Canadian Com
mission: "Since the abolition of slavery , no
more effectual means has been devised
for insuring the bondage of the work
ing man than the passage of compul
sory investigation acts of the charac
ter of the Canadian Industrial disputes
act. To cite an actual occurrence:
"In January, 1910, the men upon 80
railroads in the eastern territory of
the United States presented to the rail
way companies of that territory a de
mand for increase in wages. The com
panies refused to deal concertedly with
the proposition, and it was. therefore,
taken up with the individual roads.
Three of the properties were Canadian.
American Issues Settled.
"The negotiations in the United States
included Federal mediation in the first
Instance and arbitration in the third
case.
"On July 19 the following settlement
was made on the last of the 77 Ameri
can lines involved. On the same date
at 6 P. M. a strike took place on the
Grand Trunk. Railway, one of the Ca
nadian railways, settlement not hav
ing yet been affected on any one of
the three, this growing out of the de
lays which the employers were able to
interpose under the Industrial dis
putes act.-
"Moreover, the period of invest! pa
tion is eternally utilized By the em
ployer to intrench himself in Jiis ef
fort to defeat the demands of the men
no. matter now just tneir cause may
be, and in a majority of instances
where a verdict by an investigating
committee nas neen ravorable to the
men it has been repudiated by the em
ployer.
Contempt for Law Inspired.
"In consequence of this attitude, dis
regard for and the ignoring of the
provisions of that law has led to plac
inr thousands of men in the attitude of
law-breakers, and the passage of laws
which induce men to open violation
thereof is a deadly injury to a nation
because it breeds universal contempt
lor law.
"In the present strife, if such an act
were passed all that would be neces
sary would bo for the power of at
torney to be withdrawn from the Na
tional conference committee of man
agers by the individual roads and then
immediate necessity would arise for
250 investigation boards to be created,
or, if only a limited number were pro
vided for, men would be compelled to
remain for years in involuntary servi
tude if they obeyed the provisions of
such a law."
THIRD OF BUSINESS CUT OFF
Perishable Goods In Large Quantities
to Be Refused.
TOPEKA, Kan.. Aug. 29. At least
one-third of the freight business of the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
will be cut off as one of the results of
the embargo declared today against
shipments of perishable goods and Jive
stock, according to J. R. Koontz, gen
eral freight agent, through whom the
order was issued.
Under the heading. "Perishable
Goods." it was explained, are Included
fresh meats, butter, eggs, vegetables,
fruits and ice. The company also re
fuses to be responsible for delay In
other freight shipments.
The order became effective imme
diately. The order will eliminate the use of
all refrigerator cars and will directly
affect melon and fruit shippers, who
are now in the midst of their shipping
season, as well as stockraisers with
fattened animals ready for market.
ARBITRATION HELD
VITAL PRINCIPLE
Railroads Say They Are Un
willing to Surrender Point
of Great Moment.
CALM INQUIRY IS URGED
Proposal Made That Entire Question
Be Investigated, With Promise
That Findings Will Be
Accepted as Binding.
"WASHINGTON. Aug. 29. This state
ment to the public was issued by the
committee of railroad presidents to
day: "We are unable, after the most earn
est consideration, to agree with the
proposal of the President of the United
States, which is that we accept, with
out arbitration, the substitution of an
eight-hour day for the present 10-hour
day in all of the existing practices and
agreements.
"This is the main point in contro
versy, and we cannot surrender it
without an opportunity to be heard in
some form of fair arbitration.
"We do not assent to the statement
that 'the eight-hour day now undoubt
edly has the sanction of the judgment
of society in its favor. We believe
that society has not yet recorded its
judgment upon this subject.
Wage Increase Real Aim.
"We are not in this controversy,
however, dealing with the conditions
relating to the eight-hour day in the
Immediate world. The difference, be
tween the eight-hour day in business
and manufacturing interests and in the
railway train service day has been fully
explained. The railroad day is a basis
for computing pay and overtime, the
length of daily service being controlled
by variable conditions.
"The demands involved in this con
troversy have not been presented, in
our judgment, for the purpose of fixing
a definite daily period of labor nor a
reduction in the existing hours of
labor or change in methods of opera
tion, but for the real purpose of ob
taining an increase of wages approxi
mating $100,000,000 per annum, or 35
per cent for the men in railroad freight
train and yard service represented by
the labor organizations in this matter.
Many Other Interests Involved.
"As trustees for the public served
by our lines and for the great mass
of the -less powerful employes (not less
than SO per cent of the whole number)
interested in the railroad wage fund
as trustees also for the millions of
people that have iuvested their savings
and capital in the bonds and stocks of
these properties, and who through the
savings banks, trust companies and in
surance companies are vitally inter
ested to the extent of millions of dol
lars in the integrity and solvency of
the railroads of the country, we cannot
in conscience surrender without a
hearing the principle involved, nor un
dertake to transfer the enormous cost
that will result to the transportation of
the commerce of the country.
"The eight-hour day without puni
tive overtime involves an annual in
crease approximating in tKe aggregate
60,ouo.ooo and an Increase of more
than 20 per cent in the pay of men.
already the most highly paid in the
transportation service. The animate
cost to the railroads of an admission
in this manner of the principle under
contention cannot now be estimated:
the effect upon the efficiency of the
transportation of the country, now al
ready under severe test under the tide
of business now moving and at a time
when more instead of less effort is
required for public welfare, would be
harmful beyond calculation.
Effect of Surrender Widespread.
"The widespread effect UDon the In
dustries of the country as a whole is
oeyond measure or appraisement - at
this time, and we agree with the in
sistent and widespread public concern
over the gravity of the situation and
tno consequences of a surrender by the
railroads in this emergency.
"In like manner we are deeply im
pressed with the sense of our respon
sibility to maintain and keep open the
arteries of transportation wIch carry
the life blood of the commerce of the
country, and of the consequences that
win now irom even a temporary in
terruption of service over the railroads,
but the Issues presented have been
raised above and beyond the social and
monetary questions Involved, and th
responsibility for the consequences that
may ansa will rest upon those that
provoKo it.
tjuesiioiis invoivea are in our
respectful judgment eminently suitable
for the calm investigation and decision
by the public through the agency of
fair arbitration and cannot be disposed
ui, to me puono satisfaction, in any
other manner. The decision of a com
mission or board of arbitration having
the public confidence will be accepted
by the public and the social and finan
cial rearrangements made necessary
thereby will be undertaken by the
public but in no less deliberate nor
orderly manner.
Bankruptcy Is Threatened.
"The railroads o"f the country can
not under present conditions assume
this enormous increase in their ex
penses. If imposed upon them it would
involve many in early financial em
barrassment and bankruptcy and im
peril the power of all to maintain
their credit and Integrity of their se
curities. The immediate increase in
cost, followed by other increases that
would be inevitable, would substantially
appropriate the present purchasing
power of the railroads and disable them
from extending and improving their
facilities and equipment to keep abreast
of the demands of the country for
efficient transportation service.
"For these reasons we are with deep
regret unable to accept the sugges
tion made by the President of the
United States;
"We propose, however, as a basis of
settlement, the following:
"A The railroads will, effective Sep
tember 1, 1916, keep the time of all
men represented in this movement upon
an eight-hour basis and by separate
account, monthly, with each man. main-
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the money actually earned by him on
the present basis and the amount that
would have been earned upon an eight
hour basis overtime on each basis to
be computed pro rata. The amounts so
shown will be subject to the decision
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sequences of the decision made by the
President accepting: the eight-hour day
not only upon the railroads and the
clashes of labor involved directly In
this controversy, but to the public and
upon all industry, it seems plain that
before the existing conditions are
changed, the whole subject, insofar as
It affects the railroads and their em
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as to compel attention and respect
to its findings. The Judgment of such
a commission would be a helpful basis
for adjustments with labor and such
legislation as intelligent publlo opinion,
so informed, might demand.
"The railroads will accept the find
ings of such a commission upon the
issue of an eight-hour basis of pay
as compared with the present basis, as
well as upon any other matters now in
controve'rsy that may be submitted to
it by either party.
"The commission should consist of
not fewer than five members and should
also be authorized to hear and de
termine all questions that may arise
In the application of the findings of
said commission or in the working out
of such plan as It may propose.
"The presidents of the railroads are
prepared to continue negotiations on
the subject with genuine anxiety,
within the limits of their conviction
above expressed, to find, a solution of
the situation."
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Efforts Made to Haul Perish
able Goods Before Embargo.
FREIGHT HANDLERS STRIKE
Officials Preparing to Use Nonunion
Trainmen After September 2.
Manufacturers Gather to
Prevent Walkout.
CHICAGO. Aug. 29. Chicago, the
greatest railway center In the worM,
fought In the face of local difficulties
today to transfer thousands of cars of
freight In time for the cars to reach
their destinations before September 2,
the date declared by many Western
railroads tonight when an embargo on
perishable freight wlill be effective.
A strike of freight handlers in the
local yards of several railroads, which
threatened to become general within
34 hours, hit Chicago just at the time
railway officials were swamped with
transfer traffic, sped up because of the
threatened trainmen's strike. The rail
way lines entering Chicago have been
preparing, however, to handle an enor
mous amount of freight east and west
within the next week.
The embargo on perishable freight.
railway officials said, will principally
affect livestock. Kxceptionally heavy
receipts of hogs, cattle and sheep at
the - Chicago. Kansas City, Kant t
iMUim and other markets are anticipat
ed before the embargo becomes effec
tlve.
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Infants Waterproof Pants, "Omo" 35c grade, O J
reduced to.... G
Infants' Waterproof Pants, "Omo" 25c grade, IQ
reduced to XI7C
Infants' Knit Gowns up to 2 years; values OQ
to 75c at OIC
Embroidered Pillow Slips, in values to 35c IP
each; to close at AOC
Infants' Lace and Embroidered Bibs; values OQ
to $1, at ZJC
Carter's Knit Bibs in regular 15c grade; to 7-
close out at f C
in sizes 2 to 6 years; val- PQ
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the Middle West gathered in Chicago in
an eleventh-hour attempt to find some
means of averting it. At a conference,
called by the Illinois Manufacturers
Association aim attended by represen
tatives of similar associations from
many states, resolutions were intro
duced urging that President Wilson in
sict on the principle of arbitration.
Hallway officials are making plans
to operate trains with non-union men
or non-strikers within the railway
brotherhood's membership in event of a
strike. Some of the officials said they
would operate 25 per cent of the reKu
lar traffic out of Chicago from the min
ute a ftrlke was declared and could
make this service practically normal
within CO days.
Police Chief Healey today Issued f-
ders canceling all furloughs of mem
bers of his force and recalling all mem
bers who are on furlough?.
Strike Fenr Causes Tie-Tp.
FALEM, Or.. Aug. 29. (Special.
The Salem Fruit Union has been noti
fied by the Earl Fruit Company, of
Sacramento, that Wednesday night the
company will suspend all rruit ship
ments ordered from here in view of
the impending railroad strike.
The Salem Union thus will be unable
to deliver about 60 cars of green
prunes for which a market had been
secured this year for the first time
since 1907. Pre-cooling apparatus Is
already Installed and help hired to take
care of the prunes which now cannot
be shipped.
Refer
to Us
A service the
First National
Bank is always
glad to perform
for its regular
depositors is to
answer inquiries
concerning their
standing ahd
credit.
If you are main
taining ,a satis
factory account
here and are con
ducting your af
fairs along ap
proved lines do
not hesitate to
give this bank's
name as a refer
ence. First National
Bank
Capital and Surplus,
3,500,000.00.
Fifth and Morrison
Streets,
Portland.
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